Contrada de Istrice (porcupine) (Siena)

Italy / Toscana / Siena
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Istrice occupies the north-westernmost edge of Siena and contains the San Vincenzo e Anastasio church, home of the city's oldest surviving fresco and burial place of Pinturicchio.

Istrice has the title of contrada sovrana (sovereign contrada). It was bestowed this title as a result of it headquartering the Sovereign Military Order of Malta during the 14th century.

INSIGNA — A porcupine on a blade of grass.
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Coordinates:   43°19'27"N   11°19'36"E

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